Lyric Baritone Ryan Bede made his Skagit Opera debut as Falke in Die Fledermaus in 2014. He has been a frequent performer in the Pacific northwest singing principal roles with Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera, Vashon Opera, Opera Idaho and Vespertine Opera. He is a former Young Artist with Opera New Jersey, Tacoma Opera, and the Aspen Opera Theater Center, and was a two-time recipient of the Seattle Opera Guild Singers Training Fund Grant. His most frequently performed roles include Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte Count in Marriage of Figaro, Papagen in Magic Flute and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.